The A Game - three strikes competition

Here is the page for the competition run by our buddy 'a'.

Hopefully he will drop in and remind us of the rules, but from memory you have to pick one team each round (to win) and it's a race to ten successful picks. If you get a game wrong that's a strike, and if you get three strikes you are out of the competition.

And another twist. If you have tipped a team and they've won a game you aren't able to tip that team again. It sounds easy, but it isn't.

Results after round ten

Eight points and 1 strike (teams in brackets after your name cannot be selected again)

Tigerholic (Tigers, Broncos, Sea Eagles, Raiders, Panthers, Cowboys, Sharks, Storm)

Seven points and 2 strikes (teams in brackets after your name cannot be selected again)

Gummy Sharks (Tigers, Broncos, Dolphins, Storm, Sharks, Warriors, Titans)

Hardyards (Tigers, Bulldogs, Sea Eagles, Raiders, Sharks, Cowboys, Warriors)

Bradapple (Sharks, Broncos, Sea Eagles, Raiders, Warriors, Tigers, Storm)

Taka (Knights, Broncos, Sea Eagles, Storm, Sharks, Cowboys, Bulldogs)

Rob181 (Tigers, Bulldogs, Sea Eagles, Rabbitohs, Dragons, Raiders, Cowboys)

MGM (Tigers, Broncos, Sea Eagles, Storm, Sharks, Warriors, Bulldogs)

BigPeteBx (Bulldogs, Broncos, Storm, Sharks, Warriors, Tigers, Panthers)

Footy Chick (Sea Eagles, Broncos, Storm, Sharks, Warriors, Tigers, Panthers)

Three strikes and out of the comp

Bong, Lochnesslaine, JP92, Wild Oscar, Buzz105, rickstar4life, Elisabeth, Ellelicious2707, No Woman No Try, COSSE POSSE, a, Mary S, Rocket Ryan

The Prize

The greatest mind in rugby league will generously donate the prize for The A Game in 2025.

A prize of $50 is available to the tipster who can get to ten. There can only be one winner, and if there happens to be more than one of you, we will add some sort of knockout element at that point to determine a winner.

Thanks Thinker. Gee, you're a good egg. Go shout yourself a beer after lunch today.

Note: for those of you overseas (more of you than most would think), that prize is in Australian dollars (or equivalent). We'll cross that currency bridge if/when we need to.

Comments

Submitted by a on Sat 10/5/25 - 9:41pm AEST

Okay BigPeteBx Footy Chick as your game was a draw I’m going to let the thinker decide your fate in the game

Submitted by a on Sun 11/5/25 - 3:23pm AEST

Final Round 10 results

Rocket Ryan broncos out of the comp

Gummy Sharks titans 7 points 2 strike

a knights out of the comp

Taka eels 7 points 2 strike

Tigerholic storm 8 points 1 strike

Hardyards Warriors 7 points 2 strike

Rob181 broncos 7 points 2 strike

BigPeteBx panthers 6 points 2 strike

Bradapple storm 7 points 2 strike

Mary S broncos out of the comp

Footy chick panthers 6 points 2 strikes

MGM knights 7 points 2 strike

Submitted by a on Mon 12/5/25 - 8:55am AEST

Round 12 update

Gummy Sharks 7 points 2 strike

Taka 7 points 2 strike

Tigerholic 8 points 1 strike

Hardyards 7 points 2 strike

Rob181 7 points 2 strike

BigPeteBx 7 points 2 strike

Bradapple 7 points 2 strike

Footy chick 7 points 2 strikes

MGM 7 points 2 strike

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Season scoreboard

Tipster	Correct tips
Gad	48 from 80
Gummy Sharks	48 from 80
Wally Lewis	47 from 80
Walby	47 from 80
Taka	47 from 80
Steel Panther	46 from 80
Mad Max	46 from 80
Johnny Awesome	46 from 80
JKBubble	45 from 80
scott m	45 from 80
Where Eagles Dare	45 from 80
The Thinker	45 from 80
Footy chick	44 from 80
GOTTAKICKSTRAIGHT	44 from 80
tigerholic	44 from 80
Mike T	44 from 80
NuL1F3	44 from 80
Dragons-fanboy	43 from 80
shotfromthehip	43 from 80
The Last Samurai	43 from 80
ScottySeahawk	43 from 80
Esra Star	43 from 80
BigPeteBx	43 from 80
MalM61	43 from 80
Rob181	43 from 80
Soldimadummy	43 from 80
Rikki Sixx	42 from 80
Markate2021	42 from 80
Rabbitoh chick	42 from 80
Elizabeth	42 from 80
Mahenza	42 from 80
COSSEY POSSE	42 from 80
No Woman No Try	42 from 80
EelsGal	42 from 80
The Tide Head	42 from 80
Mary S	42 from 80
Chook_Dan	42 from 80
Lochnesslaine	42 from 80
Hardyards	41 from 80
The Colonel	41 from 80
Wild Oscar	41 from 80
Bulga	41 from 80
Grandpop	41 from 80
Rick	41 from 80
Rocket Ryan	41 from 80
bradapple	41 from 80
Buzz105	41 from 80
TigerGirl	40 from 72
The Voyeur	40 from 80
David.C-Manly1st.	40 from 80
Bronco Legend	40 from 80
Essere il Capo	40 from 80
Michael N	40 from 80
Big Pappy	39 from 72
Catdog	39 from 72
Moonlight	39 from 72
Ellelicious2707	39 from 72
RyzPaz	39 from 80
Majordad	39 from 80
twenty20	38 from 72
RICX AM I	37 from 80
a	37 from 80
doobynuts	37 from 72
JP92	37 from 80
YnotEELS	37 from 80
FancyPants	36 from 64
Stallion	36 from 72
OAK	36 from 72
GMac	35 from 72
rickstar4life	35 from 72
MGM	34 from 80
Balmainboy12	32 from 72
JhayMare	31 from 72
TheDon	31 from 64
Bong	15 from 24
TRIIPIN_C	5 from 8

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Current NRL ladder

Team	Season points	Points differential
Bulldogs	18	+106
Warriors	16	+1
Storm	14	+140
Raiders	14	+48
Sharks	12	+65
Cowboys	11	-14
Broncos	10	+46
Sea Eagles	10	+20
Roosters	10	-42
Tigers	10	-44
Rabbitohs	10	-62
Dolphins	8	+10
Dragons	8	-15
Knights	8	-52
Titans	8	-84
Panthers	7	-2
Eels	6	-121